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| Arrest Brauchitsch, Walter von |  |
| Brauchitsch is arrested by the Americans but later dies while awaiting trial |
| Arrest Braun, Werner von | |
Surrenders to the Americans & allowed to continue his research in the USA  |
| Arrest Guderian, Heinz | |
| Arrested but released after not being charged with any war crimes |
| Arrest Himmler, Heinrich | |
25th May Arrested by British  troops |
| Arrest Jodl, Alfred | |
| 22nd May Rheims Jodl & Donitz are arrested by the Allies |
| Arrest Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| Kleist is captured by USA forces, he ie was sent toCommunist Yugoslavia to face alleged war crimes charges in 1946 |
| Arrest Krosigk | |
| Imprisoned for 10 years for war crimes |
| Arrest Manstein, Fritz Erich von | |
| Arrrested by the British & held until 1953 |
| Arrest Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| Imprisoned for 2 years |
| Arrest Papen, Franz von | |
| April Ruhr Arrested in the Ruhr by the Allies |
| Arrest Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar | |
| 7th May Obbacio Rescued from a POW camp at Prager Wildsee by the British 5th Army |
| Arrest Schoerner, Ferdinand | |
Imprisoned by the Russians  for 10 years for war crimes |
| Battle of Berlin Weidling, Karl | |
| 24th April Berlin 1st day of the battle, defends Berlin with 4 Divs, 60,000 men & 50-60 tanks |
| Battle of Bulge Hitler, Adolf | |
| 28th Jan Hitler's final offensive in nth west Europe is defeated in the battle of the Bulge |
| Battle of Bulge, The Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| 15th Jan Ardennes Final day of the Battle of the Bulge, gives way to the Allied advance |
| Battle of Oder River Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| 12th Jan River Oder The Soviet s launch an attack on the Baranov Bridgehead & cross the River Oder |
| Battle of Rhineland Hitler, Adolf | |
| 10th Feb Hitler agrees to Rundstedt's request to retreat & reconsolidate |
| 10th Feb Rundstedt is forbidden to evacuate any city or fortification |
| 23rd Mar Oppenheim Patton crosses the Rhine at Oppenheim |
| Battle of Rhineland Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| 23rd Mar Oppenheim Patton crosses the Rhine at Oppenheim |
| Battle of Ruhr Hitler, Adolf | |
| Ruhr Hitler orders the destruction of the Ruhr but Model refuses |
| Ruhr Hitler refuses to let Army Group B withdraw |
| Ruhr The Allies encircle Model's Army Group in the Ruhr |
| Battle of Ruhr Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| April Ruhr Hitler orders the destruction of the Ruhr, Model refuses |
| April Ruhr Hitler refuses to let Army Group B withdraw |
| April Ruhr Model holds out for 18 days until handing over 300,000 troops |
| April Ruhr The Allies encircle Model's Army |
| Bombing of Dresden Hitler, Adolf | |
| 14th Feb Dresden Alliedbombing of Dresden leaves 25,000 dead |
| Burial Braun, Eva | |
| 30th April Berlin The bodies of Hitler & Eva Braun are taken into the Chancellery garden & burnt |
| May Magdeburg Braun's remains are discovered by the Russians & secretly buried at the SMERSH compound |
| Burial Hitler, Adolf | |
| 30th April Berlin Hitler & Eva Braun's bodies are taken into the Chancellery garden & burnt |
| Burial Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| 21st April Lintorf Shoots himself in woods near Rattingen, buried where he had shot himself under an oak |
| Capture Hitler, Adolf | |
| 23rd Mar Cologne The Alliescapture Cologne & cross the Rhine |
| CDU Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Founds & leads the Chris tian Democratic Union |
| Rather than revive the Centre Party Adenauer creates the CDU |
| CDU Dertinger, Georg | |
| Co-founder of the CDU, in the Soviet occupation zone |
| Chief of Staff Krebs, Hans | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the OKW |
| Christian Social Union Strauss, Franz Josef | |
| Founds the Chris tian Social Union & allies with Adenauer's Chris tian Democrats |
| Commander Blaskowitz, Johannes von | |
Given command of the German troops in The Netherlands  |
| Commander Dietrich, Sepp | |
| Appointed Commander of the 1st SS Panzer Corps |
| Commander Heinrici, Gotthard | |
| Appointed Commander of Army Group Vistula |
| Commander Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| 10th Mar Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West |
| Commander Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| 21st Mar Appointed Commander of the 1st Panzer Army |
| Commander Schoerner, Ferdinand | |
| 16th Jan Appointed Commander of the German Central Zone including Berlin |
| Communist Party Ulbricht, Walter | |
| In East Germany , the KPD (led by Walter Ulbricht) absorbs some elements of the eastern SPD and is renamed the Socialist Unity Party (SED), which becomes the ruling party in East Germany until 1990 |
| Conference of Potsdam Stalin, Joseph | |
| July Potsdam Germany is divided into 4 zones |
| Conference of Potsdam Truman, Harry S | |
| 17th July Potsdam Germany will divided into 4 zones |
| Death Bock, Fedor von | |
| 4th May Hamburg Death of Fedor von Bock during an Allied raid on Hamburg |
| Death Bonhoeffer, Dietrich | |
| Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed |
| Death Braun, Eva | |
| 30th April Berlin Death of Eva Braun, commits suicide with Hitler at the Fhrerbunker |
| Death Elser, Georg | |
| Death of Elser Elser, executed by the Nazis |
| Death Fegelein, Hermann | |
| Death of Hermann Fegelein |
| Death Fromm, Friedrich | |
| 12th Mar Brandenburg Death of Friedrich Fromm, executed |
| Death Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| 1st May Berlin Administers poison to his 6 children & shoots his wife & himself in Hitler's bunker |
| Death Himmler, Heinrich | |
| 27th May Commits suicide |
| Death Hitler, Adolf | |
| 30th April Berlin Hitler & Eva Braun shoot themselves |
| Death Kramer, Joseph | |
| Nov Death of Joseph Kramer, executed |
| Death Krebs, Hans | |
| Committs suicide during peace negotiations he is conducting with the Russians |
| Death Ley, Robert | |
| Death of Robert Ley, suicide |
| Death Mackensen, August von | |
| 8th Nov Celle Death of August von Mackensen |
| Death Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| 21st April Lintorf Death of Otto Moritz Walter Model, commits suicide |
| Death Schoerner, Ferdinand | |
| Berlin Hitler orders Bormann to send his last will & testament to Doenitz & Schoerner |
| Death Stumpfegger, Ludwig | |
| 21st April Berlin Death of Ludwig Stumpfegger, suicide |
| Decree Nero Decree Hitler, Adolf | |
| 19th Mar Hitler announces a scorched earth policy |
| Dismissal Goering, Herman | |
| 23rd April Stripped of all offices by Hitler after asking if he could succeed |
| Dismissal Guderian, Heinz | |
| 28th Mar Dismissed for failing to check the Red Army's advance on Berlin |
| Epidemic Bergen Belsen Kramer, Joseph | |
| Feb Bergen Belsen 35,000 die in the 1st 2 months of 1945 |
| Evacuation Adlershorst Hitler, Adolf | |
| 15th Jan Adlershorst Hitler evacuates his HQ at Adlershorst |
| Execution Bonhoeffer, Dietrich | |
| Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed |
| Execution Elser, Georg | |
| Executedby the Nazis, made to appear as the result of an Alliedbombing raid |
| Execution Fegelein, Hermann | |
| Himmler signs an armistice, Hitler executes Fegelein because of his links with Himmler |
| Execution Fromm, Friedrich | |
| 12th Mar Brandenburg Executed after being found guilty by a People's Court |
| Execution Kramer, Joseph | |
| Nov Execution of Joseph Kramer |
| Exile Braun, Werner von | |
| Mar Surrenders to the Americans & allowed to continue his research in the USA |
| Exile of Morell Morell, Theo | |
| 21st April Bavaria Flees from the bunker & escapes to Bavaria |
| Expulsion Goering Goering, Herman | |
| April Expelled from the Nazi party after trying to seize power |
| General Field Marshal Schoerner, Ferdinand | |
| Appointed General Field Marshal during the last days of the Fuehrenbunker |
| Government Doenitz, Karl | |
| 30th April Forms a new Cabinet & orders an unconditional surrender |
| Head of OKW Krebs Krebs, Hans | |
| Appointed Head of the OKW |
| Health Hitler, Adolf | |
| April Schenk concludes that Hitler will be a cripple within a year |
| Health Schenck, Ernst Gunther | |
| April Concludes that Hitler will be a cripple within a year |
| Hitler's Doctor Schenck, Ernst Gunther | |
| April Appointed Hitler's Doctor |
| Invasion of Germany Hitler, Adolf | |
| 15th Jan Adlershorst Hitler evacuates his HQ at Adlershorst |
| 16th Jan Berlin Hitler transfer his HQ to Berlin, he stays there |
| 20th Jan Russian forces reach Germany for the 1st time |
| 2nd Feb The Russians on the eastern front reach the River Oder |
| Invasion of Germany Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| 21st Mar Nehring's priority is to surrender to the west rather than the Russians |
| Invasion of Poland Hitler, Adolf | |
29th Jan Russian troops cross the Polish  border |
| Liberation Bergen Belsen Hitler, Adolf | |
| 15th April Bergen Belsen The Allies liberate Bergen-Belsen |
| Liberation Dachau Hitler, Adolf | |
| 29th April Dachau The Allies liberate Dachau |
| Marriage Bormann, Martin | |
| Acts as a witness to the wedding ceremony of Hitler & Eva Braun |
| Marriage Braun, Eva | |
| 29th April Berlin Eva Braun marries Hitler in the Fhrerbunker, witnessed by Joseph Goebbels and Martin Bormann |
| 29th April Berlin Staff are instructed to address Eva Braun as Frau Hitler instead of Frulein Braun |
| Marriage Hitler, Adolf | |
| 29th April Berlin Marries his mistress Eva Braun in the Bunker |
| Mayor Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Cologne Appointed Mayor of Cologne |
| Memorandum Hossbach Hossbach, Friedrich | |
| The original is lost but a copy demonstrates, "conspiracy to wage agressive war" |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Krosigk | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Propaganda Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| Named as Hitler's successor during the final days of in the bunker |
| Nuclear Warfare Fuchs, Klaus | |
| Convinced no single country should possessNuclear weapons so passes secrets to Russia |
| Nuremberg War Trials Dietrich, Sepp | |
| Nuremburg Sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, serves 10 years |
| Nuremberg War Trials Kaltenbrunner, Ernst | |
| Nuremburg Highest surviving SS-leader, Chief of RSHA, the central Nazi intelligence organ, commanded many of the Einsatzgruppen and several concentration camps, sentenced to death |
| Nuremberg War Trials Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Nuremburg Head of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), sentenced to death |
| Nuremberg War Trials Papen, Franz von | |
| Nuremburg Acquitted of all charges |
| Nuremberg War Trials Raeder, Erich | |
| Nuremburg Given life imprisonment but released in 1955 |
| Peace Bormann | |
| April After Hitler's suicide Goebbels & Bormann make attempt to negotiate with the Russians |
| Peace Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| April After Hitler's suicide Goebbels & Bormann attempt to negotiate with the Russians |
| April Peace negotiations fail & Goebbels decides to commit suicide |
| President Doenitz, Karl | |
| 30th April Appointed President of the Reich & Hitler's successor, on the day of Hitler's death |
| Siege of Berlin Heinrici, Gotthard | |
| 28th April Berlin Heinrici rejects Hitler's command to hold Berlin at all costs & is relieved of his command |
| Siege of Berlin Hitler, Adolf | |
| 30th April Berlin Commits suicide when the Russians reach Potsdamerplatz a block from the Bunker, 3:30PM |
| Siege of Berlin Weidling, Karl | |
| 24th April Berlin 1st day of the battle, defends Berlin with 4 Divs, 60,000 men & 50-60 tanks |
| Siege of Budapest Hitler, Adolf | |
| 16th Jan Budapest Hitler transfers forces from the western front to Budapest |
| Siege of Gloggau Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef | |
| 25th Jan Gloggau Moves his HQ to Gloggau on the Oder to defend it from the Soviet advance |
| Sucide of Braun Braun, Eva | |
| 30th April Berlin Death of Eva Braun, commits suicide with Hitler at the Fhrerbunker |
| Sucide of Goebbels Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| 7th May Berlin Bodies of Goebbels , his wife & 5 children are found in a shelter near the Reichstag |
| Sucide of Hitler Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| April Berlin Advises Hitler to remain in the bunker & die in a blinding Gotterdammerung |
| Sucide of Hitler Hitler, Adolf | |
| 30th April Berlin Commits suicide when the Russians reach Potsdamerplatz a block from the Bunker, 3:30PM |
| 30th April Berlin Hitler & Eva Braun shoot themselves |
| Sucide of Hitler Stumpfegger, Ludwig | |
| 21st April Berlin Provides cyanide capsules to Hitler |
| Sucide of Model Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| 21st April Lintorf Shoots himself in woods near Rattingen, buried where he had shot himself under an oak |
| Sucide of Stumpfegger Stumpfegger, Ludwig | |
| 21st April Berlin Kills himself by taking a cyanide capsule in the bunker |
| Surrender Doenitz, Karl | |
| 2nd May Berlin Berlin surrenders to the Soviet Army |
| 7th May Rheims Authorizes unconditional surrender of all |
